On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden had a phone conversation with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This was disclosed by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, during a briefing to State House correspondents. Tuggar stated that the call, which took place around 4 p.m. Nigerian time, lasted about 30 minutes.
According to the minister, the discussion between Tinubu and Biden focused on the recent release of Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance.
Tuggar said Tinubu also appreciated Biden for the partnership and collaboration in numerous areas with regard to security in Africa and West Africa at large.
He said, “The call was about the collaboration between the two countries with regards to law enforcement and law enforcement agencies as well as the release of one of the suspects of the crypto currency exchange company that you are all aware of.
“Mr President also thanked the US for the partnership and collaboration in numerous areas with regards to security in Africa and West Africa as as whole. President Biden assured President Tinubu that this is a partnership because the future of the world reside in Africa and as such, the partnership is important.
“The leaders also discussed the issue of permanent seat in the United Nations security Council and Biden assured the the united States is committed to seeing Africa having a permanent seat and does not see why one of those seats should belong to Nigeria.”
